The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-30

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fast to all things good; join your
selves to farmers club OF Grange
organization; discuss questions re-
lating to agriculture, and get your
selves interested in what relates to
your own particular business.-
Don't let the foolish prejudice of
your neighbor deter you from con-
Meeting yourself with farmers
club, because herein lies one of the
means Df your Advancement. You
will learn to think and to speak
in these organizations, beside the
new ideas you will get from others
by association. Every industry,
trade or profession have their or
CARNATIONS. and so must you have
yours, and you must not be apollo
gists for belonging to the same
1t lisa credit to you to have MEM
bership7 in such organizations, and
nothing but Ignorance and preju
dice will ever keep you from be.
longing. Organizations Of this
kind are not simply combinations
against somebody else, and should
not be looked at in this light; and
are not, only by those who are ig
norant of their objects. They are
for your own mutual advancement
and improvement.
Agriculture in West Virginia,
not withstandino the great aayana
ces made in the last twenfy Years
il still in its infancy. A thoupand
blades of grass ought to greWi 81 here
of cattle ought to be grazfn{g nrnn
your hill sides. where one IS seen
to dav. B1iers and snrouts in vo,,r
fields bring Won no nrofit Thev
encumber the gronnd erase
ought to be CROWNS. where they
grow.
The God of nature has oivan vor
the most haalthf,l ,,ositinn of bis
habitahle glnha far yonr ;nhar.
itance 7. F. t,na that he has
made i = little rnn9h hut vo,, ba% o
81 LARGER surface heca ,'se IL is rn,ah .
and do mt think either Tint Eli
these hills contain coaI iron siIYar
or gold. or even if thew did that
does not make the surface anv the
less yalunble, They onoht to he
covered with grass ne Garnet
w;,h cattle and shean l.Z;lg gr pss'
inc nnon their hi Nv smrf3ce
ff there Is anvtbing .bsaI,t;f,,l
nndar the SIM n Is cnnntry cIaar
ed of ito fnrests with onIy m 20
cas;onaI tree iii smno,barj ovar nd NJ
and we'll so, i'm grass With laras
/ fields regularly laid off Onasn9
/ mer dav the beautiful fblue skv
lovarhead the carnet of orean nn5s !,
l-vonr feet What scane il beta
calculated tn insnire n,eticol emn.
tim or thankfulness to vonr
i Creator? Another thing. never fur.
Iget your Importance in the econ.
otny of this life.
OF all business. farming is the
most important. II is the founda-
ton of all others. II is the mower
which starts all wheels in motion.
1t was, and is the first of all indus
tries in value and importance-
The earth is the mother of us all
From her surface all thiags surinp.
| Our food, our cI.thing and almos,
everything that exists. OurmilIs.
! factories. railroads. &c. are kent
rnnning only by her productive.
ness. But it is only by the art of
man that she yields forth her Sc.
crets. You mast smite the rock
before the waters gush FORTH
Don't think, however, that other
kinds of business are not necessary.
| Make war only against monouolies
and those who Cypress. Recullect
that any trade, business or profess
ion which has existed from time
immemorial, it is foolishness for
you to attempt to overthrow. II is
as necessary for you AS it is to those
who follow the same, and you
might as we'll try to plow and level
down the hills and the mountains
as to do away with it. But work
for your own interests in public
and in private.
The land owners of England are
the governors and law makers of
the Kingdom. You can be like.
wise if you respect yourselves aud
your employment. Never forget
the dignity of labor. M man can
have a well-balanced mind or ed
ucation who knows nothing about
producing ANYTHING. with his own.